| OCR Text |
Show A Proclamation on National Defense By Governor Herbert B. Maw Occupational Census Week December 1, 1941 Whereas, national defense projects pro-jects have been allocated to the State of Utah which require a substantial sub-stantial Increase in the total employment em-ployment of the State; and Whereas, It is desired to utilize fully the resident population of Utah before calling on outside labor with its attendant problems of housing, sanitation, and social adjustment and Whereas, a heavy demand from other defense areas has already made inroads upon the capable manpower of the State of Utah; and , Whereas, It is highly desirable to recruit the labor for defense projects pro-jects fn an orderly manner with equitable regard for the stability of existing business establishments of Utah; and Whereas, it is Imperative to pre-lerve pre-lerve the integrity of our rural population and plan for adequate labor to cultivate and harvest the crops of the State; and Whereas, the Office of Production Management continues to require reliable information on labor market mar-ket conditions in Utah bearing on national defense; and Whereas, the Utah State Employment Employ-ment Security Agency has been designated by the Federal Security Agency to conduct such occupation-' I census as will serve the needs of Federal, State, and local agencies having responsibility in these matters, mat-ters, Now, therefore, I, Herbert B. Maw, Governor of the State of Utah, mindful of the momentous implications of the recently acquired ac-quired defense Industries for the future of our State and the welfare of Its population, do hereby declare the week of December 1, 1941, as Occupational Census Week; and I hereby charge the Department of Employment Security of the State of Utah with the official re-iponslbility re-iponslbility of conducting a comprehensive com-prehensive occupational census of the gainfully employed population of Utah; and i I call upon every citizen of the State, be he employer or employee, whether in private or public employment, em-ployment, to extend the fullest cooperation co-operation In filling out the questionnaires question-naires mailed or tendered to them In so that the public interest of our -State and Nation may be adequately ade-quately served. In accordance with the above proclamation the Department of Employment Security will issue more than 100,000 questionnaires to Utah workers, and will carry on special statistical sampling campaigns cam-paigns In selected rural and urban areas. The questionnaires will be mailed to 7000 Utah employers, Saturday, November 29. Employers will distribute these forms to their workers. Other means will be used to reach non-employed workers. Rural route questionnaires will be used in certain areas to get occupational occu-pational data in those areas. Ray R. Adams, Executive Director Direc-tor of the Department stated that: The census should reveal information infor-mation which will enable a maximum maxi-mum of Utah residents to get Utah jobs, Promote the return of many Utahns to the state, Hold to a minimum the Importation Importa-tion of labor from outstide the state, Help non-defense employers fill vacancies caused by the drifting to defense industries. |
